Mr. Gyula Fichtinger, Director General, Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority and Mr Dazhu Yang, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed Hungary’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2017–2022 on 20 September 2017. A CPF is the frame of reference for the medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a Member State and the IAEA and identifies priority areas where the transfer of nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources will be directed to support national development goals.

Hungary has been an IAEA Member State since 1957. Its 2017–2022 CPF identifies 6 priority areas:

1. Nuclear energy;
2. Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste;
3. Human health and nutrition;
4. Sustainability of nuclear institutions and knowledge management;
5. Nuclear security and emergency preparedness and response; and
6. Application of nuclear techniques.